Museums president , kevin gover. This is about 30 minutes. We begin today with kind of an amazing thing, which is the reflections of two people who have been absolutely central to setting the mission of the museum. The first is a reflection by request rick west of the Autry National Center of the american west. He was, of course, the founder founding director of this museum. You have his biography in your packet, im not going to actually read that. I think it is worth thinking about the ways in which rick offered such strong leadership and strong vision for this museum at the beginning, and the personal style and flair that he brought to this museum. Rick is an amazing man of words, he is a great talker, and unfortunately, the irony that comes with that is that rick actually has laryngitis today. He is unable to actually be with us. We miss him, his remarks, his reflections will be delivered to you today by kevin gover, the director of the museum itself. Many of you know, i think, of S
Its an opportunity to learn about innovation thats happening in the marketplace and how that will impact my job at the fcc. I look at new televisions i think what is that going to do for television standard. When i think about head phones, what is it going to do for raf and things like that. Satellite products and video products, its whats the impact on so many different items we have before us or items that may come before us and i get to learn a number of different products that may come to market at some point that may not involve us today that might involve us in the future so its an opportunity to learn. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Up next on American History tv a panel of historians and Museum Professionals talk about methods and challenges for presenting womens history to a nonacademic audience. Using examples from their own research and public exhibits, they make recommendations and discuss upcoming projects. This roundtable was part of the american
Understanding of history and its impact on the world today. To develop an Educational Initiative for young people, students, and adults. She recently led the historical campaign, which raised more than 100 million. Under her directions the New York Historical society has lost groundbreaking exhibitions. In recent years she has been honored with the woman of distinction metal, the deans metal in 2005, education and student advocacy award. And many many other awards we do not have time to read today because we want to hear what she has to say. She also has done research that focus on the creation of the historical narrative. Without further a do, louise mirrer. Thank you for organizing this panel. As some of you may be aware of the New York Historical society has been developing a brandnew center for the study of womens history. So i am very interested today to learn about the work of my fellow panelist and also to hear the views of those of you in the audience. At the New York Historica
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